Abstract
IN a recent communication1, Nonweiler demonstrates the proposition that an external couple applied to a rigid body about its instantaneous axis of rotation in the sense opposing its rotation tends to cause the axis to approach the axis of greatest moment (provided that the instantaneous axis is not initially that of a permanent rotation). He refers to the rotational motion of artificial Earth satellites and the manner in which their instantaneous axes of rotation have been observed to approach the axis of greatest moment and suggests that this theorem may be relevant.
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